Definition of timeworn Timeworn

time•worn

We found 4 definitions of timeworn from 3 different sources.

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WordNet

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Adjective

timeworn - repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"
  banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, tired, trite, well-worn
  unoriginal not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham
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  • timeworn
    Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse.

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